List of foreign politicians of Armenian origin

This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside Armenia who are of Armenian origin.

Heads of state and heads of government

This is a list of former and current heads of state and heads of government of states (sovereign or otherwise) who were/are of full or partial Armenian origin.

Austria

• Dawid Abrahamowicz - Member of the Imperial Council of Austria

Australia

• Joe Hockey (Family Name "Hokeidonian") - Member of Federal Parliament Shadow Treasurer
• Gladys Berejiklian - Member of Parliament, Premier of NSW
• Clr Sarkis Yedelian - Deputy Mayor of Ryde, New South Wales.
• Clr. Artin Etmekdjian. JP - Mayor (2010-2012) - City of Ryde, New South Wales

Brazil

• Stepan Nercessian - Federal Deputy and Councilman of Rio de Janeiro
• Pedro Pedrossian - 41st Governor of Mato Grosso and 4th, 7th Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul

Bulgaria

• Raya Nazaryan - Speaker of the National Assembly

Byzantine

Canada

• Andre Arthur – former Independent Conservative MP, 2006–2011, talk radio host
• Sarkis Assadourian – former Liberal MP, 1993–2004
• Ann Cavoukian – former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
• Harout Chitilian – city councilor and chairman of the City Council of Montreal
• Raymond Setlakwe – entrepreneur, politician, lawyer
• Michelle Setlakwe – politician, lawyer

Cyprus

• Marios Garoyian - President of Cypriot Parliament

Egypt

• Boghos Nubar, son of Nubar Pasha, politician and co-founder of the Armenian General Benevolent Union
• Nubar Pasha, first Prime Minister of Egypt
• Al-Afdal Shahanshah, vizier of the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt
• Boghos Bey Yusufian, Egypt's Minister of Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and secretary of Muhammad Ali Pasha
• Badr al-Jamali, military commander and statesman for the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph al-Mustansir
• Shajar al-Durr, (possibly) wife of As-Salih Ayyub, and later of Izz al-Din Aybak, the first sultan of the Mamluk Bahri dynasty
• Tigrane Pasha, ninth Foreign Minister of Egypt

France

• Édouard Balladur - Former Prime Minister of France
• Emmanuel Macron - President of France
• Patrick Devedjian - French Minister
• Jean Pierre Asvazadourian - French Ambassador to Argentina
• Guillaume Kasbarian - Minister of Civil Service, Streamlining, and Public Sector Transformation
• Antoine Armand - Minister of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty
• Jacques Marilossian - Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency
• Jeanne Barseghian - Mayor of Strasbourg
• Danièle Cazarian - French politician of La République En Marche! served as a member of the French National Assembly
• Astrid Panosyan - Minister of Labor and Employment
• Nadia Essayan - Member of the National Assembly for Cher's 2nd constituency
• Georges Képénékian - Mayor of Lyon

Georgia

Hungary

• László Lukács - Prime Minister of Hungary
• György Lukács - Minister of Religion and Education of Hungary

India

• Mirza Zulqarnain - diwan and faujdar of Mughal Empire
• Abdul Hai - Chief justice of Mughal Empire

Iran

• Dadarsi, general and satrap of Bactria
• Mohammad Beg, Grand Vizier of the Safavid Iran
• Safiqoli Khan, Governor of Baghdad and Hamadan
• Markar Khan Davidkhanian, Minister of Finance of Qajar Iran
• Set Khan Astvatsatourian, Ambassador of Iran to the Court of St James's
• Mirza Malkam Khan, Ambassador of Iran to Austria, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy
• Hovhannes Masehyan, Ambassador of Iran to Japan, United Kingdom and Germany

Lebanon

• Émile Lahoud – Former President of Lebanon
• Karim Pakradouni – Ex-Minister, former President of Phalange (Kataeb) Party
• Hagop Pakradounian – Member of Parliament

Mexico

• Arturo Sarukhán - Mexican ambassador to the US

Moldova

• Mark Tkachuk - Member of the Moldovan Parliament

New Zealand

• Sian Elias - Chief Justice of New Zealand
• Doug Zohrab - New Zealand's Ambassador to the UN, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

Palestine

• Manuel Hassassian - Palestinian ambassador to the United Kingdom
• Varsen Aghabekian - Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

Romania

• Vasile Morțun - President of the Assembly of Deputies, Minister of Internal Affairs
• Basile M. Missir - President of the Senate of Romania
• Varujan Vosganian - Finance minister of Romania
• Iacob Zadig - general

Russia

• Ivan Delyanov - Chamberlain, of Russian Empire
• Sergey Lavrov - Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Mikhail Loris-Melikov - Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire
• Margarita Simonyan - Editor-in-Chief of RT (Russia Today)
• Andranik Migranyan - former director of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, New York
• Gennadiy Melikyan - former First Deputy Chairman of Central Bank of Russia
• Sergey Grigorov - former Head of Federal Agency of Export Control
• Sergey Oganesyan - former Head of Federal Energy Agency
• Artur Chilingarov - deputy (1993-2011 and since 2016) and Deputy Chairman (2000–11) of State Duma and former member of Federation Council of Russia (2011–14)
• Vladimir Jabbarov - member of Federation Council of Russia
• Aleksandr Ter Avanesov - former member of Federation Council of Russia (2006-2015)
• Ohanes Oganyan - former deputy of State Duma (2011–16) and former member of Federation Council of Russia (2001–11)
• Levon Chakmakhcyan - former member of Federation Council of Russia
• Semyen Bagdasarov - former deputy of State Duma
• Ashot Yegiazaryan - former deputy of State Duma
• Arkadiy Sarkisyan - former deputy of State Duma
• Stepan Shorshorov - former deputy of State Duma
• Igor Khankoev - former deputy of State Duma
• Ashot Sarkisyan - former deputy of State Duma

Sweden

• Esabelle Dingizian - Member of Riksdag
• Murad Artin - Member of Riksdag

Turkmenistan

• Boris Şyhmyradow - Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan

Turkey

Ottoman Empire

• Şivekar Sultan - Haseki Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Artin Dadyan Pasha - Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
• Hagop Kazazian - Minister of Finance
• Garabet Artin Davoudian - First Mutasarrif of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
• Ohannes Kouyoumdjian - Mutasarrif of the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate
• Gabriel Noradoungian - Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Vartkes Serengülian - Member of Ottoman Parliament
• Mikael Portukal Pasha - Pasha
• Vartan Pasha - Pasha
• Damat Halil Pasha - Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Ermeni Süleyman Pasha - Grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire

Turkish Republic

• Garo Paylan - Member of Parliament of Turkey
• Selina Özuzun Doğan - Member of Parliament of Turkey
• Markar Esayan - Member of Parliament of Turkey

Ukraine

• Karekin Arutyunov - Member People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc, member of "Bat'kivshchina" party.
• Arsen Avakov - Interior minister of Ukraine
• Oksana Markarova - Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States

United Kingdom

• Alexander Raphael - Member of Parliament for St Albans and Carlow
• Paul Chater - Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of British Hong Kong
• Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (2007-2009)

United States

Uruguay

• Liliam Kechichián, Minister of Tourism

Soviet Union

• Varlam Avanesov
• Abel Aganbegyan
• Stepan Akopov
• Alexander Bekzadyan
• Avetik Burnazyan
• Artur Chilingarov
• Yakov Davydov
• Leonid Kostandov
• Vsevolod Merkulov
• Anastas Mikoyan
• Levon Mirzoyan
• Alexander Miasnikian
• Ruben Rubenov
• Andranik Petrosyants
• Suren Shadunts
• Stepan Shaumian
• Georgy Shakhnazarov
• Lev Karakhan
• Grigory Korganov
• Hayk Kotanjian
• Ivan Tevosian
• Yuri Osipyan

Syria

See also

• List of Armenians

References

• Armenian politics